HALL OF FAME OPENS AT EASTERN FLORIDA STATE

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME

ABOVE VIDEO: The main athletic building on the Eastern Florida State College Melbourne Campus now hosts the 83-member Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame. The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2014 class will be inducted on May 9 at the Cocoa Beach Country Club.

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The formal ribbon-cutting for the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s re-location was held Friday evening at the athletics building on Eastern Florida State’s Melbourne Campus.

The main athletic building on the Melbourne Campus will host the 83-member Hall of Fame, as portraits of the Hall of Famers are displayed on the wall in the building’s main hallway that runs parallel to the gym and outside the athletic department offices. Memorabilia items and related sports artifacts will be added to the display over time.

Jeff Carr

“We are very excited about another opportunity to assist the sports community and showcase some of our own former players and coaches who are members of the Hall of Fame and also to recognize those who have made an impact in our community through athletics,” said Jeff Carr, Associate Vice President for Athletics. “This would not be possible without the support of our college President Dr. Jim Richey.”

Attendees included Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame inductees, special guests and patrons of the Hall of Fame, Eastern Florida State College officials, and representatives of the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce. The event was sponsored by First Choice Medical Group.

2014 HALL OF FAME INDUCTION BANQUET SET FOR MAY 9

The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2014 will be inducted on May 9 during a special ceremony at the Cocoa Beach Country Club.

The festivities, sponsored by First Choice Medical Group, include a meet and greet with the area’s sports royalty, dinner and the induction proceeding which includes compelling video tributes of each of the inductees.

For information and reservations for the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2014 Induction Gala, e-mail MaverickMultimedia@gmail.com or call 321-615-8111. To see all of the members of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame log on to SpaceCoastDaily.com

PHOTO GALLERY: SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME RIBBON CUTTING

Images By Cyndi Byars

The main athletic building on the Melbourne Campus will host the 83-member Hall of Fame, as portraits of the Hall of Famers are displayed on the wall in the building’s main hallway that runs parallel to the gym and outside the athletic department offices. Memorabilia items and related sports artifacts will be added to the display over time.

Stephanie Franklin of the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce, far left, and family, friends and fans of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame gather for the opening of the Hall at Eastern Florida State College .

LEFT TO RIGHT: Alison Malone, Giles Malone, Rusty Buchanan, Michael Cadore and Cornelia Cadore enjoy the festivities during the opening of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame at Eastern Florida State College.

Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer Doug Butler checks out his portrait at in the Hall at Eastern Florida State College.

Space Coast Daily’s Rhett Lighthall, Tom Palermo, and Anthony Moran.

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME TO INDUCT CLASS OF 2014

The 2014 class of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame features another impressive array of outstanding individuals, and will be inducted on May 9 during a special ceremony at the Cocoa Beach Country Club.

The 2014 class of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame features another impressive array of outstanding individuals, and will be inducted on May 9 during a special ceremony at the Cocoa Beach Country Club. (Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame image)

For more than a century, athletes from Brevard have been considered among the finest in America and their accomplishments are honored and immortalized by the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame.

Dozens of nominees were considered for the 2014 class in four categories including professional sports, college sports, high school sports and amateur sports. Special honorary recognition will also be bestowed upon individuals and teams that have made significant contributions to sports on the Space Coast.

SpaceCoastDaily.com will highlight each of the inductees with a tribute video beginning May 1, and in a special edition of Space Coast Medicine & Active Living magazine features the Space Coast Hall of Fame Class of 2014.

ABOVE VIDEO:SpaceCoastDaily.com’s Keith Malone talks with Tim Wakefield about his induction into the inaugural class of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.

2014 HALL OF FAME INDUCTION BANQUET SET FOR MAY 9

Seating for the 2014 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet and Sports Awards, which will be held at the Cocoa Beach County Club on May 9, will be limited to just 400, so don’t delay in making your reservations.

The festivities, sponsored by First Choice Medical Group, include a meet and greet with the area’s sports royalty, dinner and the induction proceeding which includes compelling video tributes of each of the inductees.

For information and reservations for the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2014 Induction Gala, e-mail MaverickMultimedia@gmail.com or call 321-615-8111. To see all of the members of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame log on to SpaceCoastDaily.com